Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman's Unhappy Triumph, A Family for All Occasions

BEGINNER’S LUCK

Because you’ll never 
forget your first time

A Late Quartet

Why You Must See The Master!

(1) Because it's brave. Going against Scientology (and in fact anything that preaches a "Cause") is a bold move, though as the film continues to make lots of money, it will probably seem a little less brave. (2) Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman give a master class in screen acting. Th ... More >>

Worst Parties Of All Time: Club Kid Outlaw Bash

Here's another installation in my six-part series of NYC's Best and Worst Parties I've Ever Been To: THE WORST: *A 1991 club kid outlaw party "Outlaw parties" were the bashes illegally held at some public space or other, where everyone showed up on time for a change, knowing the cops would come ... More >>

The Master Gets Its Scientology On in 2nd Trailer

The second trailer to Paul Thomas Anderson's upcoming film The Master was just released, and this time we get a look at Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams along with Joaquin Phoenix. We gave PTA credit for being wily with his first trailer -- for years, we've all been waiting to see how much The ... More >>

New Scientology Movie Isn't Really A Scientology Movie!

The Master is the eagerly awaited Paul Thomas Anderson film about a man (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman) who starts a cult-like religion in the 1950s. Sound like anyone, maybe with the first initial L.? Well, Hoffman says this movie has nothing whatsoever to do with Scientology.

VIDEO: Dianetics Day 2012! See People Who Can't Wait to Go "Clear"!

Our tipsters continue to funnel us the best Scientology material at a rapid rate. May 9 was Dianetics Day -- 62 years since the day in 1950 when L. Ron Hubbard first published Scientology's Ur-text, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health -- and already we have in our hot little hands the vid ... More >>

Philip Seymour Hoffman's Tony Competition Susses Him Out

High-octane British actor James Corden, above (One Man, Two Guvnors) is deemed to be the biggest threat to Philip Seymour Hoffman as far as Tony award competition goes. But Corden adores his rival.

TRAVELING MAN

Philip Seymour Hoffman comes to Broadway

New Life For Death of A Salesman: My Review

It's not the fault of anyone in the new Mike Nichols-directed production of the Arthur Miller classic Death of A Salesman that the definitive revival was done in 1999. That one, directed by Robert Falls, and starring a powerful Brian Dennehy as Willy Loman and a wrenching Elizabeth Franz as his wif ... More >>

Undefeated

Who's The Best Male Movie Star In Drag?

Whether they were playing drag queens or women, a lot of name actors have been willing to step into the heels and do it up. Who's your favorite? Liev Schreiber in 'Taking Woodstock'​

COOL WORKS

The Ice Factory Fest returns with rock music and beer

Scientology Movie Finally Going to Happen? Harvey Weinstein Backing Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master"

Hey Miscavige, you ready to take on Harvey?​Deadline.com reported yesterday that new life has been breathed into Paul Thomas Anderson's next movie project thanks to Harvey Weinstein. I don't know about you, but this Scientology watcher got goosebumps reading that announcement. See, Anderson, ... More >>

FAME—THE JOURNAL

‘Lapham’s Quarterly’ explores celebrity

Starfucker+Octopus Project

Philip Seymour Hoffman and His Stage Pals get it Right with Jack Goes Boating

Gossip About Lagerfeld, Joaquin Phoenix, and Katie Holmes

​CLICK HERE for my new column in which I interview Oscar nominated Amy Ryan, who's in the new Philip Seymour Hoffman-directed movie in which she's a funeral home worker who romances a limo driver played by Hoffman himself. Ryan tells me about that film, her Oscar night for Gone Baby Gone, and ... More >>

Todd Solondz, Snowbird

The writer-director takes his suburban pathos and personal anxiety to the Sunshine State

Scenes from the Anthology Film Archives 40th Anniversary: Sonic Youth, Julian Schnabel, Kenneth Anger, and Some Guy Named Lou

all photos by Nate "Igor" SmithDon't care what you say, Thurston still looks bad-ass The Anthology Film Archives celebrated its 40th anniversary last night at the Hiro Ballroom. The scene was, by all accounts, an intimately swanky affair--reserved tables started at $500; mezzanine tickets cost $99 ... More >>

Will Philip Seymour Hoffman Play Mario Batali in a Movie Adaptation of Heat?

Big apron to fill.​Chefs seem to be all over our television and movie screens these days. The next toque portrayal may be Mario Batali in a movie version of the Bill Buford memoir, Heat. And, who might play the Great Orange One? Eater speculated that Capote's Philip Seymour Hoffman could do a ... More >>

Things to do this weekend for (mostly) free

​Get your taxes done for free If you have dependent kids and make less than $50,000, or if you make less than $18k, the Office of Financial Empowerment will help you do your taxes and find tax credits you're entitled to today at the CUNY Graduate Center (pdf).

Building a Better New York Jewish Film Festival

The year's NYJFF pushes the familiar aside

Pirate Radio Gets a Tame U.S. Release, but We Still Love Rock 'n' Roll

Othello with Philip Seymour Hoffman Still Driving Audiences Out of the Theater

​When Michael Feingold reported in his Voice review that "much" of the audience went "streaming for the exit at intermission" of the Peter Sellars production of Othello at NYU, which stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, we thought he must have just caught a disastrous press preview: surely the man wh ... More >>

PURE EVIL

Philip Seymour Hoffman gets in touch with his wicked side

Why Milk Stars a Hetero!

Plus, singer-dancer Chita Rivera, drag queen Linda Simpson, and "Boys Gone Wild" at Mr. Black

Freaks and Geeks

So many starlets in the sky, plus a sprinkling of comic-book characters

Sidney Lumet's Heist Melodrama

Sibling rivalry. Daddy issues. Infidelity. Sidney Lumet crafts one hell of a melodrama

Slow Row

A love story so laid back it might fall over

School Daze

Slackjawed sketch comedy adaptation struggles on the big screen

The Oscars: A Return to Boring

Glamour, heartbreak, and some interpretive dance

NY Mirror

La Dolce Musto

Hoffman Overpowers as Truman in 'Cold'-Blooded Biopic

See It Now

Geopolitickin' and an East Asian invasion highlight the 43rd New York Film Festival

It's DéJà Vu All Over Again as Bush and Gore Rerun for Office

Risk Management

Gambling Pros and Mutant Superheroes Spread the Odds

The Mourning After

Modesty Blaze

Philip Seymour Hoffman Out of Character

The Purloined Dead Nun

Maggie May . . .

The Many Sides of Indie Film's Newest Siren

I am Not a Camera

Stage Acting Versus NYC’s Hollywood High

A Train Not in Vain

The LAByrinth Theater Company’s Big Ride

Who Died?

NY Mirror

A Misfit Pair; Hit by a '2 by 4'; 007 Down

NY Mirror

When I asked Jane Horrocks if she's a gay man trapped in a woman's body, she said, 'No! If so, I haven't discovered it!'